50. Democrats? I'd rather say people under 35,

those who grew up in the 80s and 90s when union membership went downhill while conservative talk radio like Rush Limbaugh were on the rise, then in the 00s aka the Bush years and the rise of crazy right wing online media and history/critical thinking being stripped out of our schools thanks to No Child Left Behind aka "Teach Readin', 'Ritin', and 'Rithmetic to the Test". As a result they've got this false impression that economic freedom is in their best interest - even absurdly howling and screaming at the damn most basic rules of a civilized society like business licensing! Thom Hartmann explains how billionaire backed orgs like the "Foundation for Economic Education" are pushing this crap to our young folk. We're supposed to believe the Internet will assist democracy and advance real knowledge. Turns out the reverse is true.

Meanwhile, this caller on Thom's show back in February argued that workers should just "be a good worker" if they want to win over their bosses and get a raise/other benefits:

The thing is...HOW do we reverse 3 decades of Reaganomics? Clearly Obama hasn't. New Deal liberalism was active from the 1930s to 1970s. So will it be the late 2020s when people FINALLY wake up?